Valakom incident: Minister’s personal staff grilled

Friday, October 21, 2011: The probe team investigating the Valakom incident in which Krishnakumar, a teacher of RVHSS school was allegedly attacked by a group of unidentified persons on September 27, has today interrogated Minister KB Ganesh Kumar’s personal staff.

Minister’s additional private secretary B Pradeep Kumar has been directed to appear before the probe team tomorrow also.

Krishnakumar has been shifted from surgical ICU to general ward is showing improvement in his health condition, hospital authorities informed. The victim has not regained his memory completely and is not able to recall the incidents correctly, relatives told.

Meanwhile the police team investigating the case had traced the key eyewitness in the case. Krishnakumar was found in a serious condition on the roadside at Valakam by the eyewitness while he was travelling in a bike from Kottarakkara to Nilamel.

Thinking that Krishnakumar might have been knocked down by a speeding car, the eyewitness informed the matter to the Highway police and nearby shop owner. The probe team had today released the sketch of the eyewitness.

Meanwhile DGP Jacob Punnose said today that the complaint filed by the family of RVHSS school teacher Krishnakumar, who was allegedly attacked by a gang of assilants at Valakom, will be considered seriously.

Speaking to the reporters here on Sunday, DGP added that the probe team had clear-cut picture about the Valakom incident. The ongoing investigation was progressing based on the scientific evidences gathered by the police, DGP said.

The victim’s wife Geetha, who is also a teacher of the same school owned by jailed ex-Minister R Balakrishna Pillai had given a complaint to DGP stating that the ongoing investigation was not at all satisfactory.

Geetha, had said that her husband has, of late, been not on good terms with the school management. Krishnakumar was involved in a running battle with the school management and is the prime witness in a vigilance case against it for irregularities. His wife Geetha became headmistress of the school after winning a court case against the management.

Police team is now probing the possibilities of a road accident in which Krishnakumar might have sustained serious injuries. The teacher is now under treatment at the Medical College Hospital here.